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Protect Your Storage Investment

Cisco PIX Security Appliance customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances. Built on the same software foundation as Cisco PIX Security Appliances, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series offers more robust firewall and IPsec VPN capabilities, as well as many additional benefits, including:

A modular design that allows you to add features such as intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and URL filtering.

Migration to the Cisco ASA 5500 Series is straightforward. Customers can take advantage of their knowledge and investment in Cisco PIX Security Appliances, because there are essentially no changes in user interface, operations, or training.

Cisco PIX-to-ASA Migration Tool

Cisco offers the Cisco PIX-to-ASA Migration Tool to assist customers in the process of converting their Cisco PIX Security Appliance configurations to Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance configurations. Available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, the tool can be downloaded from the Cisco.com Software Center.